Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 17:35:54 -0500 From: Paul Khavkine <paul@colba.net> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AWK/perl hacker needed to assist the Sparc64 port Message-ID: <3C6998CA.235C255B@colba.net> References: <20020212084918.A69309@dragon.nuxi.com> <20020212.104500.42462266.imp@village.org> <20020212103646.P63886@elvis.mu.org> <20020212.114355.20239712.imp@village.org> <20020212105352.Q63886@elvis.mu.org> <3C698404.59BA0875@mindspring.com> <20020212143048.C5014@dragon.nuxi.com>
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I had the same problem trying to setup a cross-compiler on NetBSD/sparc64 where perl wouldn't build oj it at all. David O'Brien wrote: > On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 01:07:16PM -0800, Terry Lambert wrote: > > Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > > > : > : A shell hacker could really help out the FreeBSD/sparc64 > > > > : > : porting effort by updating vnode_if.pl rev 1.19 to have all > > > > : > : the functionality the perl version has today. > > > > vnode_if.pl is a perl script. > > > > I don't understand the request for a shell hacker in the first > > place. > > Because in order to use (ie, run it), one needs to have perl on the > machine. (1) We do not yet have Perl bootstrapped on the sparc64 platform. > (2) Perl is harder to bootstrap than sh, sed, or BWK awk. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message -- ************************************************* Paul Khavkine Network Administrator Distributel Communications 740 Notre Dame West, Suite 1135 Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3C 3X6 1-514-877-0064 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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